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extraterrestrial life

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Habitable ocean world K2-18b may actually be inhospitable gas planet

An exoplanet called K2-18b has been suggested as a good place to look for alien life, but a new analysis shows it is probably made from gas

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Roman Space Telescope

Space

Why we're finally on the cusp of finding exomoons around other planets

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Life

Does trophy hunting actually help animal conservation?

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Chemistry

Crucial chemical for life can form in conditions found on early Earth

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Cosmic dust may have been crucial to the beginnings of life on Earth

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Cosmic dust may have been crucial to the beginnings of life on Earth

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Pitcairn Islands

Environment

What a trip to far-flung islands taught me about protecting our oceans

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Could mysterious marine fungi save us from antibiotic resistance?

Environment

Could mysterious marine fungi save us from antibiotic resistance?

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Life

Weird anglerfish mating strategy may have helped them evolve

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Life

Why bioabundance is just as important as biodiversity

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Space

What we know about the stars where NASA will hunt for alien life

Scientists have analysed the stars that an upcoming NASA telescope will target in its search for biosignatures, narrowing down the candidates for those that could host potential extraterrestrial life

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Life

Traces of ancient life reveal a 3.4-billion-year-old ecosystem

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Space

Molecules vital for life could survive in Venus’s acid clouds

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Space

'This century is special': Martin Rees on the vast span of time

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Life

The science of why spending time in nature is just so good for us

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